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Saraswati
StotramSanskrit
सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यं वरदे कामरूपिणि । विद्यारम्भं करिष्यामि सिद्धिर्भवतु मे सदा ॥
Transliteration
Sarasvati Namastubhyaṃ Varade Kāmarūpiṇi, Vidyārambhaṃ Kariṣyāmi Siddhirbhavatu Me Sadā
Translation
Salutations to you, O Saraswati, giver of boons and fulfiller of wishes. I begin my studies; may I always attain success.
Meaning
Recited by generations of students at the start of a lesson, school year, or exam, framing learning as needing divine grace, not effort alone.
Source
Traditional verse of unrecorded authorship, continuous use in Indian educational custom for centuries
Om, salutations to Saraswati.
Om, let us come to know the Goddess of Speech; let us meditate on the giver of fulfillment; may that Goddess illumine our understanding.
She who is white as jasmine, moonlight, snow, and a pearl garland, robed in pure white, holding the graceful staff of the veena, seated on a white lotus, ever worshipped by Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and the other gods — may that radiant goddess Saraswati, destroyer of all dullness, protect me.
Endowed with four arms, she holds a rosary of crystal-like beads, a white lotus in one hand, and in another a parrot and a book.